Criminal Wirral II

By Dan Longman

This is an intriguing and entertaining collection of some of the strangest, most despicable, and comical crimes that took place on the Wirral peninsula throughout the Victorian era and the early 20th century. The tales featured here uncover many fascinating cases that have been long forgotten, and are supported by illustrations which help to bring these events and the people featured in them to life. Read on and uncover the grisly facts of what once lay floating in Birkenhead Park pond, a gruesome suicide on board a Woodside-bound locomotive, and the farcical actions of a drunken butler one night at the stately Thurstaston Hall Criminal Wirral II will appeal to anyone who has an interest in the darker side of Wirral’s history.

• Language: English
• Publisher: The History Press
• Release date: May 5, 2009
• ISBN: 9780750953450

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